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Q.B.I.
Q.B.I. adj. and n. R.A.F. slang (now rare) (a) adj. (of flying conditions) ‘quite bloody impossible’ (see also quot. 19372); (b) n. ‘Q.B.I.’ flying conditions.
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1937 Times 7 Dec. 7/1 He answered a question about a formula known as ‘Q.B.I.’.
1937 Times 10 Dec. 17/6 Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher complained that Colonel Muirhead,..when asked what ‘Q.B.I.’ meant, said he had no idea... Colonel Muirhead might have saved himself from being misrepresented..if he had said, as pilots sometimes do, that they are short for ‘Quite beastly, invisible’.
1938 Times 3 Mar. 7/3 Instructions..as to height and position to be kept when flying in controlled areas during ‘Q.B.I.’ conditions.
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 69 So now you fly in Q.B.I.
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 143 He waited for some Q.B.I. And rushed aloft, the beam to try.
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